Moderate to severe acne treatment needs be supervised by trained professionals. We recommend clients with moderate to severe acne contact their nearest Clearskincare Clinic to obtain an individual Acne Treatment Progamme. At Clearskincare, we offer effective and affordable Acne Treatment programmes. All our Acne Treatment programmes are medically supervised and use treatments and products that have been proven to be effective by independent clinical research.

For further information on any of our Acne products or programmes, please contact your closest Clearskincare Clinic.

More information on Acne......

Acne affects up to 80% teenage to mid 20s young adults and up to 20% of older adults.

Acne is caused by an excessive production of sebum and skin cells. Sebum is a wax that keeps the skin waterproof. It is produced by the sebaceous glands, which are attached to the hair follicles in our skin. Sebum travels from the sebaceous glands up to the skin via our skin pores.

For reasons not yet completely understood, acne prone skin also produces too many skin cells. These extra skin cells mix with sebum and block up the pores in our skin. Because sebum is still being produced, it builds up behind the blockage. This causes swelling, which can then burst out into the surrounding layers of skin. This causes inflammation - pain, redness, and swelling. Bacteria can invade, infecting this inflammed area and pus can form.

Acne causes different types of sores and blemishes in the skin. Acne sufferers may have one or more of the following:

Blackheads - these are a collection of dead cells and sebum blocking the pore (the blackness is not dirt, but oxidized sebum).

Whiteheads - sebum is building up behind the blockage causing a lump, which is covered by a thin layer of skin. The sebum stays white as it has had no contact with air.

Papules - the sebum has broken out into the layers beneath the surface of the skin and caused inflammation, so it appears as painful reddish lumps.

Pustules - the inflammation has turned into pus and broken through the skin to form the classic yellow 'pimple'.

Cysts & Nodules - these are painful lumps caused by inflammation in the skin.

Open Sores - usually pimples that have been scratched or picked.

Scars - pockmarked, sometimes darkened, areas of skin left after large pustules (sometimes even small pimples) have healed.

During our teen years the levels of sex hormones rise rapidly, this is the reason why acne is more common in teenagers. Acne tends to be worse in young males but can be more persistent in females.

Adult acne may often be the result of a hormonal imbalance in females, and it is important to have this investigated by your doctor, particularly if you have other symptoms of a hormonal imbalance such as irregular periods and/or excess body hair.

Acne can also be caused by taking extra hormones, in the form of anabolic steroids, corticosteroid medication and some hormone treatments.

Acne is best treated by controlling its causes, excessive sebum and skin cell production.

Mild acne is best treated with AHAs (alpha hydroxy acids) such as glycolic and salicyic acids, to control excessive sebum and exfoliating treatments to remove excessive skin cells and stop them blocking the skin pores.Clearskincare uses glycolic acid as the basis for its Acne Solution products because we have found glycolic acid to be better tolerated by oily, combination, dry and sensitive skin types than salicylic acid.